Cranston, Ikirwa cya Rhode.Ku wa gatanu, Caroline Rafaelian washinze ikirango cy’icyamamare Alex na Ani mu ntangiriro ya za 2000, yatangije ku mugaragaro isosiyete ye nshya y’imitako Metal Alchemist mu kirwa cya Rhode hamwe n’ibyegeranyo bitatu bishya.Ibyo byegeranyo byose bikorerwa muri leta ya nyanja.
Rafaelian, utagikorana na Alex na Ani, yavuze ko Metal Alchemist ari “iyambere mu bwoko bwinshi mu buryo bwinshi”.“Ni ubuhanzi nahoraga nifuza gukora.”
Ibyegeranyo bitatu ni ibyuma bikozwe mucyuma, nkanawire, hamwe nicyuma gihujwe nicyuma cyagaciro, kandi bakoresha uburyo bwo kweza no kugwa byimvura ihuza zahabu, ifeza, numuringa wihariye wa Metal Alchemist.Ibyegeranyo birimo impeta, impeta, nizosi, igiciro kiri hagati y $ 28 na $ 2.800.
Rafaelian avuga ko imitako ya Metal Alchemisti ari "umurage" wagenewe kuva mu gisekuru kugera ku kindi.
Izina rye rishya ry’isosiyete ryubaha filozofiya ya kera: alchemy, yatangiriye mu Misiri ya kera ikanakorera mu Burayi, Ubushinwa, Ubuhinde ndetse no mu bihugu by’abayisilamu, igamije guhindura ibyuma fatizo muri zahabu.Abahanga mu bya Alchemiste bemezaga ko ibintu byose byari bigizwe n'ibintu bine - isi, ikirere, umuriro, n'amazi - kandi imigenzo ya alhimiki yafashaga gushinga inyigisho za siyansi n'uburyo bwa laboratoire bukoreshwa na n'ubu.
Ikibazo cya Rafaelian kwari ugushaka uburyo bwo gukoresha uburyo bwa kera mubikorwa bya kijyambere, byasabye imyaka ibiri yiterambere, itsinda ryaba injeniyeri kubaka imashini, na miliyoni zamadorari.Stephen A. Cipolla na Rafaelian, perezida wa sosiyete nkuru y’urunigi ya Warwick, bashoye hafi miliyoni 8 z'amadolari muri iyo mashini.
Alchemist Metal ikoresha tekinike yo gushyushya, gukanda no kuramburaicyuma, inzira ni shyashya kandi “ishaje nk'isi,” nk'uko byavuzwe na “Chief Alchemist” wa Metal Alchemist Marisa Morin.Biteganijwe ko ibicuruzwa byinshi bizasohoka mu mezi ari imbere.
Imitako izagurishwa kumurongo mububiko bwa New York bwamamaye bwa Metal Alchemist mu gace ka Tribeca, ndetse no mububiko 62 bwa Reeds Jewelers muri Amerika.
Judy Fisher, visi perezida mukuru w’ibicuruzwa muri Reeds Jewelers, yashimishijwe cyane n’igitekerezo gishya ku buryo bitarenze icyumweru Rafaelian ahamagaye ngo amubwire, Umuyobozi mukuru wa Reeds, Alan M. Zimmer hamwe n’isoko rya VP Mitch Kahn ku giti cye basuye igishushanyo mbonera..
Ati: “Turamwubaha cyane.Ntabwo dukunze kujya mu ndege ngo tubone abatanga ibicuruzwa. ”Judy Fisher, visi perezida mukuru w’ibicuruzwa muri Reeds Jewelers, yabwiye Globe.
Fisher yasobanuye ko mu myaka 20 ishize, uruganda rw’imitako rwibanze ku guhuza amarangamutima hagati y’abagabo n’abagore, kandi ibyinshi mu bishya byibanze ku mpeta zo gusezerana.Yavuze ko bizatwara imyaka kugira ngo abakiriya batangire kwakira ibyuma nka titanium, cobalt ndetse n’ibyuma bidafite ingese.Ariko Fisher yizera ko bitazatinda gutsindira abaguzi icyuma cyihariye cya Metal Alchemist.
“Buri gihe ni inkuru y'urukundo rw'amarangamutima.Ariko ibisekuruza byarahindutse, kandi inganda zarahindutse.Impano z'urukundo ntizikiri umutwe, "Fischer.Ati: “Birenze ibyo kwigaragaza.Nta mategeko, ushobora kwambara uko ubishaka kandi ukaba wenyine.Sinzi rero niba (alchemiste yicyuma) yaba yarakoze hashize imyaka 20.Ariko hamwe nabaguzi b'iki gihe, ibintu biratandukanye.bifitanye isano ya bugufi ”.
Rafaelian yashinze Alex na Anya mu nsi yo munsi ya Cinerama Jewellery, ubucuruzi se nyakwigendera yatangiriye i Cranston, ku kirwa cya Rhode mu 1966, we na mushiki we amaherezo barawufata.Yatangiye kugerageza ibyuma, akabisudira mubikomo hamwe nibimenyetso hamwe n'impumyi z'abanyabwenge.Mu 2004, yapanze igishushanyo cyoroshye cyane: igikomo kirambuye.Mu myaka ya za 2010 rwagati, Alex na Ani bari isosiyete ikura vuba muri Amerika.
Alex na Ani bamwirukanye mu 2020 nyuma y’uruhererekane rw’abakozi birukanwa, imanza n’ibibazo n’ibigo mpuzamahanga byigenga by’imigabane.Isosiyete irasaba igice cya 11 guhomba muri 2021.
Agarutse mu bucuruzi bw'imitako, Rafaelian yavuze ko yitangiye gukora ibicuruzwa bikozwe muri Amerika kandi ko “yongeye gucana amatara” ku ruganda rwe rwa Rhode Island, rwahoze ruzwi nk'umurwa mukuru w'imitako ku isi.
Rafaelian yabwiye Globe ati: "Ubu isi yiteguye kuba alchemiste."Ati: "Nkuko abantu bitaye kubyo bashyira kumubiri no mumaso yabo, iki kirango kizabereka impamvu ari ngombwa kumva ibyuma dushyira kuruhu rwacu."
Alexa Gagosz can be contacted at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.